Need Nurses Survey for my Class

Fiona59 · Apr 23, 2015

Nope. Not a chance.

First post as well.

Pepper The Cat, BSN, RN · Apr 23, 2015

Where's Grn Tea when we need her?

OP - you have no idea who is responding to your survey. They might be a real nurse, they might not.

MrChicagoRN, RN · Apr 23, 2015

You forgot diploma programs.

Here.I.Stand, BSN, RN · Apr 28, 2015

You forgot diploma programs.

And the option to answer, "There is no nursing shortage. There is a nursing surplus."

OrganizedChaos, LVN · Apr 28, 2015

So you want us to do your homework but you can't even type a post with correct grammar, syntax & punctuation.

No thanks, I think I'll pass.

SierraBravo · Apr 28, 2015

So you want us to do your homework but you can't even type a post with correct grammar, syntax & punctuation.
No thanks, I think I'll pass.

It's as if you literally looked inside my brain and took the words right out.

nurseprnRN, BSN, RN · Apr 28, 2015

Where's Grn Tea when we need her?
OP - you have no idea who is responding to your survey. They might be a real nurse, they might not.

Sorry, I was traveling to see a client in NYC. Lousy wi-fi on the train. I did miss you all. :)

I gave somebody else permission to copy and paste my usual response-- anybody can!

OP: You have also learned to have a workable Plan B and not leave it until the last minute to try to get somebody else to save your bacon.

We get these requests a lot, so if there are any other students out there who might get this kind of assignment, listen up:

Part of your faculty's reason for giving you this assignment is to get you to go out there and speak to an RN face to face. A big email blast is not a substitute for shoe leather. AN is not Google.

See, in nursing, you have to learn to speak to a lot of people you would not otherwise encounter; you might find yourself out of your comfort zone. This is part of nursing, a huge part. An anonymous respondent online, well, you don't really know who we are, do you? We could be the truck driving guy living next door for all you know.

So if all you do about learning new things is "Go to the keyboard and hit send," then you are limiting your chances of actual learning a valuable skill you will need all your working life.

That said: Where will you find a nurse? Think outside the (computer) box.

Local hospital: go to the staff development/inservice education office and ask one of them. They value education and will be happy to chat or to hook you up with someone who is.

Go to the public health department downtown. Ditto.

Go to the local school and ask to speak to a school nurse. Ditto.

Go to a local clinic / physician/NP office. Ditto.

Go to the local jail and ask to speak to the nurse there. Ditto.

Notice all of these say, "Go to..." and not "Email..." Remember that part about meeting new people face to face and comfort zone.

Go!